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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

1963-1964 Water Street Survey Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-347
Scope and Contents

Fourty-five photographs of Water Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs were taken in 1963 on July 16, August 9, 13-15 and in 1964 on April 22, May 7-8, 15, 25, and June 1-3. Many photographs include the time it was taken, a brief description of the weather that day, and direction the photograph was taken.

Dates: created: 1963-1964; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

1970s Freemason and Ghent Neighborhood Buildings Photograph Survey

 Collection — 6 boxes
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-404
Scope and Contents

1970s cardboard panels with pasted photographs featuring houses and buildings in the neighborhoods of Ghent and Freemason in Norfolk, Virginia. Some panels also include small maps highlighting the buildings photographed. Panels include overlapping 3.5 x 5" photographs, generally providing a "street view" of that particular street. Panels typically include the name of the primary street next to the panel number.

Dates: created: 1970s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

A. B. Jackson Art Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-605
Scope and Contents Thirty-five black-and-white photographs and four negatives featuring art created by A. B. Jackson, an African American painter who lived in Norfolk, Virginia. Each photograph is labeled on the back with information on the artist, title and date, media and size, credit line, and Chrysler Museum inventory number if applicable. The original artwork was created using a variety of media including woodcut, charcoal, oil, acrylic, chalk, watercolor, and ink, and most of the artwork features...
Dates: created: 1948-1979; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

A. M. Traugott Photographs and Papers on the Virginian Railway

 Collection — 11 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-235
Scope and Contents Circa 1900s-1930s photographs and a scrapbook featuring the Virginian Railway, primarily in West Virginia. The photographs depict trains, railroad tracks, bridges, tunnels, and housing construction. There are also photographs depicting railroad construction workers as well as family photographs. The collection also includes postcards, correspondence, and clippings of A. M. Traugott, along with a 1947 annual report, 1933 magazine feature, and 1938 organizational chart of the Virginian Railway...
Dates: created: circa 1900s-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1900s-1920s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

A. Preston Breeden Scrapbooks

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-057
Scope and Contents

One circa 1935-1952 scrapbook of Albert Preston Breeden's travels to conferences for the Shriners and the Municipal Finance Officers' Association and one 1962 scrapbook featuring A. Preston Breeden's retirement from service as City Auditor for the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbook items include newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, correspondence, theater programs, and other mementos.

Dates: created: circa 1930-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Adams Family Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-598
Scope and Contents

Four circa 1900-1910 photographs of the Adams family in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900-1910; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

City of Norfolk Department of City Planning Aerial Photograph Books

 Collection
Identifier: RG 08-2015-001
Scope and Contents

Large-scale prints from an aerial photographic mission flown over the city of Norfolk on March 22, 1974. The prints are arranged by frame number and bound in nine large books. The Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation of Lansing, Michigan conducted the mission. The prints are scaled at 1 inch = 100 feet.

Dates: 1974

Albert J. and Flora Odell Photograph

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-612
Scope and Contents

One 1902 photograph of Albert J. and Flora Odell in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1902; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2008

Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-040
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogical information on the Alfriend, Vickery, Rolfe, Samuel, Bland, and Bolling families. Documents include newspaper clippings, photocopies of vital records, correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts.

Dates: created: 1918-2015, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2016

Alice Granbery Walter Genealogy Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-049
Scope and Contents This collection contains genealogical research gathered by Alice Granbery Walter. The material includes photocopied documents, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, notes, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, and maps spanning from the 1600s to the 1970s. Prominent surnames include Boush, Nimmo, Cornick, Herbert, Hoggard, Hogwood, Haggard, Ivy, Argent, Langley, Thelaball, Nash, Powell, Robins, Shepherd, Tatem, Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, Ransha, Woodhouse, Moseley, Thorowgood, and...
Dates: created: 1600-1975; Other: Date acquired: 04/11/1991